Ombudsman calls for accelerating an energy reduction model

In this document, which analyzes the budget and economic performance of the Sindik major Valencia Administration, Vincent Cucarella, expresses its concern about the “massive amounts of public money” being allocated to the energy transition, without adequate attention to the scientific warnings about the impossibility of general substitution of the amount and versatility of energy from fossil fuels. called “renewable energy sources”.

In other words, the union’s report warns that the amount of energy produced by fossil fuels (one of the sources of voltage within Botànic in recent months) cannot be replaced by energy produced by renewable energies, and calls for: “Prepare society for scenarios with less net energy”that is, not so much in influencing a reduction in energy consumption and changing the source of generation of that energy.

Among the Ombudsman’s warnings, “Both the European Union, the Spanish Government and the Generalitat are dedicating an increasingly significant portion of their budgets to energy policies of questionable effectiveness.” “Large amount of money” It assumes that there is “a danger posed by the possibility of creating speculative bubbles by taking advantage of public funds, even with consequences contrary to the necessary environmental challenge and energy transition”.

Therefore, the report identifies risks “related to hydrogen, electric vehicles or mass tourism, which require large amounts of financial resources and fossil fuels that will accelerate the current systemic crisis” and that “will accelerate the current systemic crisis”. transcending the planet’s biophysical limits”. It also points to the appearance of government action”more interested in restoring previous levels of business activity at the expense of public debt‘, something he pointed out, ‘could make it difficult to maintain basic public services in the future’.

deficit increase

Generalitat’s 2021 General Account Audit Report also shows an increase in the deficit compared to the previous year. 1,830 million euro deficit up to 2.153 millionA result due to additional funding from the State due to covid, according to the Ombudsman. In fact, the result is negative in 2020 and 2021, but Better than 2019, when 2,600 million deficits were reached.

In fact, the supervisory body itself warns: “The special circumstances under which the activity is conducted in 2020 and 2021 mean that there is a risk of the deficit increasing again once additional unconditional financing is removed; as has been repeatedly pointed out in previous reports, it will be difficult to balance with the existing regional financing system”.

Thus, he explains that this deficit “is not due to expenditures above the regional average, but to incomes below it, among which those coming from the regional financing system stand out.” “Extraordinary government financing mechanisms – established as of 2010 and regional financing system“We have allowed Generalitat to continue its operations despite insufficient funding and the impossibility of obtaining funds in the financial markets,” he explains.

However, it shows that the results between ordinary and extraordinary regional funding are “very different for Generalitat.” “While self-financing is received without compensation, state mechanisms “It’s an increase in the debt that has to be paid in the future,” he says. underfunding“.